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Teaneck High School

Teaneck High School
Address
Map
100 Elizabeth Street

Teaneck
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07666

United States
Coordinates40°53′28″N 74°0′28″W / 40.89111°N 74.00778°W / 40.89111; -74.00778
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoLatin: Mentem Colere Et Personam Meliorare
(To enrich the mind and improve the character)
Established1922 (1922)
School districtTeaneck Public Schools
NCES School ID341608000840[1]
PrincipalPedro H. Valdes III[2][3]
Faculty108.3 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment1,271 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.7:1[1]
Hours in school day6 hours
Color(s)  Royal blue
  White[4]
AthleticsBaseball • basketball • cheerleading • crew • cross country • fencing • football • indoor track • soccer • softball • tennis • track • volleyball • wrestling
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameHighwaymen / Highwaywomen[4]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[5]
YearbookHi-Way
MagazineThe Looking Glass
Websitewww.teaneckschools.org/teaneckhighschool_home.aspx Edit this at Wikidata

Teaneck High School (known as The Castle on the Hill[6]) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Teaneck, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Teaneck Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1935.[5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,271 students and 108.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 282 students (22.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 112 (8.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The school was renovated in 2003–04, giving students new classrooms as well as a new student center. Teaneck created two academies that focus on the sciences and the arts.

Teaneck's sports teams are nicknamed the Highwaymen; girls' teams are called the Highwaywomen.[4] The team name comes from the highwaymen who would seize money and belongings from those traveling along highways during the 17th and 18th century and for the school's location overlooking Route 4.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b c d e f School data for Teaneck High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Administration was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Burrow, Megan. "New Teaneck High School principal's goal is to send more students on to college", The Record, September 4, 2019. Accessed February 12, 2020. "As students walk through the doors of Teaneck High School on Thursday morning, they will be greeted by a new face: Principal Clifton Thompson, who took over as the school’s leader in July."
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Teaneck High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 6, 2022.
  6. ^ Buchsbaum, Herbert; Monagle, Katie; and Peart, Karen N. "Race and class. (problems of school integration)", Scholastic Update, November 18, 1994. Accessed June 15, 2011. "The Gothic-style school building, set back on a 15-acre (61,000 m2) campus, resembles a medieval fortress. Residents call it 'the castle on the hill.'"
  7. ^ Tartaglia, Greg. "The stories behind North Jersey's wackiest high school sports nicknames", The Record, July 23, 2018. Accessed May 11, 2020. "The main reason Teaneck is the Highwaymen (and Highwaywomen) is because a state highway, Route 4, runs directly past the school. Their logo is an outline of a horse-mounted highwayman, i.e. the type of robber that victimized British travelers in the 17th–19th centuries."
  8. ^ Houck, Emerson B. Go Huskies! Beat Felix the Cat!: the story of America's high school athletic nicknames and mascots and what they reveal about who we are, p. 67. Bradford House, 2003. ISBN 9780974533506. Accessed August 18, 2015.